The "Golden Dolphin Award" 48-hour game development contest has come to a perfect conclusion! Cocos game wins multiple awards

On May 14th, the 48-hour game development competition of the 15th Xiamen International Animation Festival "Golden Dolphin Award" in 2023 came to a perfect conclusion. Cocos, as the supporter of the Golden Dolphin Award, is cooperating with the Organizing Committee of Xiamen International Animation Festival to initiate it. After three years, we still feel the creative enthusiasm of game developers from all over the world. A total of 123 people signed up for this competition, and successfully formed teams and participated in 21 groups. A total of 92 people, including 43 students.

21 teams come from 12 cities in 9 provinces across the country. It is worth mentioning that more than one-third of the teams chose to use the Cocos engine for development. Among them, "The Direction of Sound" by the Buddhist Fried Fish Team won the Best Visual Design Award, and "Civilization" by the Tata Kai team won the Best Visual Design Award. " won the Bronze Award. Let's take a look at the works born in these 48 hours!

Among the contestants are practitioners of professional game companies such as Mihayou and Really Fun, as well as students from well-known universities such as China Academy of Art and Xiamen University.

Starting at 3:00 pm on May 12th, contestants came to sign in one after another, signed on the background board of the event and took photos with cards in hand.

At 6:30 p.m., the 48-hour game development contest of the "Golden Dolphin Award" officially kicked off amidst much anticipation!

First of all, Ms. Li Yang, the person in charge of the Cocos Ecological Engine and the host of the competition, introduced important information such as the competition rules and schedule to the contestants.

Ms. Zheng Wenya, representative of the Xiamen International Animation Festival Organizing Committee, the organizer of this competition, delivered a welcome speech to welcome all contestants.

One of the co-organizers of this competition, Mr. Li Yuanyang, founder of Xiamen Dixin Huyu and Fujian Independent Game Alliance (FiGA), shared his experience of participating in Game Jam many times.

Finally, under the attention of the audience, the mysterious veil of the theme of this competition - "STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM" was unveiled.

不同于常规的图文主题，这次的主题是一个可执行游戏文件，体素风格的场景和文字随着背景音乐《Started From the Bottom》的节奏律动，音乐标题原义为“出身底层”。值得一提的是这首著名嘻哈歌手 Drake 创作的歌曲也曾入选过《NBA 2K14》的曲库，和游戏甚有渊源。选手们陷入沉思，很快便集结起来，讨论思路和方向。

主办方在万科云玺赛事场地准备了茶歇区，为选手们提供丰富的两日餐食，水果、点心、饮料、饮用水供应不断；同时，还提供了充分的休憩空间及睡袋、毯子等辅助睡眠工具，以满足选手们的休息需要。除此以外，考虑到选手们日夜开发对身体造成的负荷，主办方也贴心地安排医生上门坐诊，保证开发者的身体健康。选手们直呼“享受五星级般的开发体验”！

在比赛进行期间，定时有游戏业内导师到达活动现场，观摩选手进度，并在其需要时进行一定的技术指导，为选手们答疑解惑。

在经过 48 个小时夜以继日的开发后，终于来到了路演展示成果的时刻啦～！本次赛事共邀请了六位评委到场，分别是厦门梦加网络科技副总经理郑震、厦门雷霆游戏战略合作总监张少骞、GameRes 游资网主编一元、Cocos 引擎技术总监凌华彬（Panda）、地心互娱/FiGA 创始人李远扬、厦门宙贯科技创始人韩宝森。其中有四位评委都曾经是“金海豚奖”游戏开发大赛的获奖者。